The story was written by
Lieut. Commander Frank Wead, U. S. N., the first of
many of his stories that were used by the movies. The
retired naval man, known by the nickname Spig,
slipped down his house stairs and broke his neck and
then turned himself into a writer. George W. Hill
("The Big House"/"Min and Bill'/"Buttons")directs this crowd-pleasing
meller that tells about naval pilot air exploits and
blends in a love story between two friendly rival
pilots trying to win over Miss Perfect.

On the eve of their
graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis,
six close friends are overcome with nostalgia for
their four years as midshipmen and all make a vow to
become airmen and always stick together. But after
partying all night, one of the six middies, Dizzy
(Edward Nugent), is caught by an officer as he
stumbles drunkenly into the barracks after curfew and
is expelled from the academy. Then Specs (Gardner James) fails
to pass the pilot eyesight test. At the U.S. Naval Aviation
Training School in Pensacola, Florida, Kewpie (Sumner Getchell)
and Tex (Carrol
Nye) fail to
pass muster and are given the boot. Finally the six U.S. Naval Academy buddies
are reduced to only two who made the grade as airmen:
Tommy (Ramon
Novarro) and Steve (Ralph Graves).

The climax has Steve undertake a
flight from San Diego to Honolulu and is rescued by
his buddy Tommy.

Romance comes into the
picture when both Tommy and Steve fall madly in love
with the beautiful and classy Anita
Hastings (Anita Page), and use any means
to win her heart.

The
authentic looking plane stunts and test pilot
sequences make the film a winner, as the tepid romance
story flags.